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FTSE 100 firms pay record pension contributions
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s top 100 companies made a record 17.5 billion pounds in pension contributions last year, some paying more into their schemes than to shareholders to tackle deficits, consultant Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) said.

Company failures dive
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of companies in England and Wales forced into liquidation fell by a fifth in the second quarter of 2010 compared to the same period a year ago and personal insolvencies may have peaked, data showed on Friday.